Herman is the older brother of Charlie Wedemeyer. Charlie, a former Michigan State football player, eventually (as head football coach at Los Gatos High School in California) gained fame when he continued to coach for many years, after being confined to a wheelchair from contracting Lou Gehrig's Disease. He is the subject of Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story (1988).
Played halfback/tailback for the Los Angeles Dons (1948) and Baltimore
Colts (1949) of the All-America Football Conference (a rival of the
National Football League, 1946-1949).
Wedemeyer was elected to the Honolulu City Council as a Republican in
1968, and then elected to the state House of Representatives as a
Democrat in 1970. He won re-election in 1972.
Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1979.
Halfback on the football team of St. Mary's College (Moraga, CA), 1943, 1945-1947.